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Washington Beer is On Top of the World

The Columbia Tower Club is located high atop the Columbia Tower in downtown Seattle. It’s a private club, reserved for members and private events. If you’ve ever had the good fortune to visit the Tower Club, you know that it is spectacular. The view from the 76th floor isn’t bad either. In downtown Seattle, it is pretty much the top of the world. The Tower Club recently made an uncommon commitment to Washington beer that I want to tell you about.

Colin Jensen, the bar manager at the Tower Club, recently approached me with an idea. The bar was going to install a reach-in refrigerator with a glass door and fill it with 22-ounce bottles of beer. The plan was to allow customers to pick their own bottle of beer. Think of it as a visual, hands-on menu.

Colin explained that they were going to fill the refrigerator with Washington-brewed beers and he wanted me to assemble a list of what I deemed to be Washington’s best. I was more than happy to help. Ya, I’m kind of proud that they asked me. I’m also pretty proud that a landmark location like the Columbia Tower has made this kind of commitment to local beer. Cheers to that.

I gave them quite a long list knowing that availability might be an issue. Don’t forget that these must be available in 22-ounce bottles. My list is nothing but one man’s opinion (mine). I don’t want to share the complete list because I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings or earn anyone’s ire. Here is what has made it in the cooler so far:

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